COLOURED PLATE OF IRIS GEORGE THORBECK and I. VARIEGATA AUREA.

Here are figures of two blossoms from an Iris border made about
one year from the time of blooming, and although so short a time
after the formation of the border, the general result is very
pretty, but naturally one would expect a much better result
in another year or two. The border was planted- as it ought to be
perhaps soon after Midsummer and throughout early autumn, when
irises take pretty well. The iris is typical of various plants that
are most beautiful when grown in any good way arranged, above all
things with some kind of harmony and emphasis of grouping. One can
find anywhere about London see the poor German iris struggling with
tree roots and all sorts of conditions, and often buried in the
nursery rubbish of work all the gardens are full, and which has only
one charm, namely vigour, many of the things used being those that
never produce a or a fruit worth looking at like the Privet.
Notwithstanding this very better treatment I may often see many art
and beautiful bloom about London in many little private gardens. It
is hardly necessary to say how much it in a country place and in
good soils can be done not only with the common irises of the
garden, but many varieties, or so-called hybrid raised between this
and the allied species which are among the most beautiful hardy
flowers known to us.
One object of making an iris border or garden is to get these
together and able to treat them and enjoy them as a whole. The iris
appeared to us to have unusual for a border or garden of its own
because of the graceful and almost evergreen leaves and of good
colour.In making such a garden border, one , of course, escapes the
common error of letting things be choked by the common bushes we
spoke of, as you are able to pay them more attention and they have a
fair chance of developing themselves. Then comes the question of
effect. To many people this may seem a matter of taste merit, but
really there is much more in it, because in grouping or massing
Irises the effect is instant.
Drawn for The Garden by H. G. Moon. - Gravetye Manor. Lithographed
and printed by J.L. Goffart.

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Now here is another problem of the checklists

I. VARIEGATA AUREA. is listed in the 1929 AIS Checklist list as AUREA the Tall Bearded
Iris attributed to Henri Antoine Jacques the head gardener of the Royal
Neuilly Domain,also the editor of the Annales de Flore et de Pomone ou
Journal des Jardins.

There is No GEORGE THORBECKE listed in the 1929 checklist but..............................in the 1939 Checklist we get a entry George Thorbeck 'The Garden',52., p.364 November 6th 1897 ; THORBECKE

Now this just unbelievable a British bred iris published with an
illustration, named George Thorbeck, painted from an Iris grown at a
garden reknown for its Iris collection yet the name gets changed??
Why???As always clicking on the above image will take you to the larger, higher resolution version.

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